The Washington Post reports that the Iranian election outcome is consistent with its polling in Iran prior to the election. Not everyone is convinced by the Post numbers. Nonetheless, while noting the difficulty of polling in Iran, the Post article raises a interesting question.
If the official results are accurate, or at least if the election fraud only increased the margin rather than changing the result, then the Iranian people did elect a government bent on pursuing nuclear weapons, export of Islamist revolution, and confrontation with the rest of the Middle East and the West.
A classic no win situation. If there were fraud, then the Iranian people unwillingly will be subjected to the consequences of pursuing Ahmadinejad’s policies. If there were no fraud, then the result is the same. In either case, it is no win for the prospect of a peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, unless the West, Israel and the U.S. capitulate.
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